Cattle-stanchion.



No 644,923. Patented Mar. 6, I900. A. JOOST.

CATTLE STANCHION.

(Application filed Aug. 23, 1899.)

(mi Modal.)

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CATTLE STANCHlON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 644,923, dated March 6,1900.

Application filed August 23, 1899. erial No. 72 8 ,192. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH J'OOs'r, of Kankakee, in the county ofKankakee and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cattle-Stanchions, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in cattle-stanchions, and has forone object to provide a device for quickly releasing all the cattle atone time in case of an emergency for instance, during a fire.

A further object of my invention is to ac oomplish the above-indicatedresult without enabling unauthorized persons to make use of the devicefor malicious purposes.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter and its novel featurespointed out in the claim. I

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of inyimproved cattle-stanchion. Fig. 2 isa plan thereof, and Fig. 3 is a broken end view of the releasin g-lever.I

As illustrated, the improved cattle-stanchion comprises the customarystationary posts A and B and the swinging posts O,hinged or pivoted at Oand adapted to abut against stops D. The swinging posts 0 are adapted tobe retained in their active position by catches Sofar the constructionof the parts is substantially as usual. 'Above the catches E extendsthrough the posts A a slide-rod F, which by means of collars G, held byset-screws G, and of chains II, is connected with all of the catches E.At its outer end, which may be outside the building, the rod F isprovided with an eye F, and above said eye is located upon the wall I aknifeedge fulcrum I. This fulcrum is adapted to be engaged by a grooveJ, formed near the upper end of alever J which is provided with anelongated aperture J for the reception of the eye F and with a hook Jpivoted at J 4 and adapted to be swung into engagement with said eye F,as shown in Fig. 1. It will be seen that the lever J is readilydetachable from the rod F.

Normally the rod F is in the position illustrated by full lines in thedrawingsthat is,

other emergency thelever J is quickly applied with its groove J upon theknife-edge I, the eye F is passed through the slot J and the hook J 3 isswung through the eye. A simple outward pull on the lower end of thelever J will then simultaneously lift all the catches E, as indicated bydotted lines, and thus release all the cattle, enabling them to escape.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent-- In a cattle-stanchion, the combination of thestationary stanohions, the swinging posts cooperating therewith, thecatches for holding the swinging posts in their active position, aslide-rod extendinglongitudinally over the posts, flexible connectionsextending from the slide-rod to each of the catches, the outer end ofthe rod being formed with an eye, and passing through a wall, aknife-edge located on said wall above the rod, a lever having a groovein one end adapted to engage said knife-edge, and an elongated aperturebetween its ends for the passage of the eye at the end of the rod, and ahook pivoted to the lever and adapted to be swung into engage ment withsaid eye.

ADOLPH J OOST. Witnesses:

FRED L. SCHNEIDER, E. A. PIECE.

